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Copy this page onto a new page in your online notebook. To get an overview of the origins of the Cold War, begin by readingAllies to Enemies: Origins of the Cold War from ABC-CLIO. Use pages 794-799 in Creating America and “The Cold War” research list on ABC-CLIO to develop a complete description for each event or idea from the early years of the Cold War. This information will help set the stage for tomorrow's activity. Use the first entry as an example for detail.

THE YALTA CONFERENCE
  • Meeting near the end of WWII - big 3 meet to discuss post war Europe
  • Germany will be divided, controlled by the Allies
  • Liberated Eastern European countries will have new elections
  • United Nations will be formed
  • USSR is given great influence over Eastern Europe, and new government must be "Soviet freindly"
  • the roots of the Cold War are established
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THE UNITED NATIONS
CONTAINMENT
definition: Containment is a policy that was first implemented by the United States in 1947 in response to communism. It is meant to prevent—through political, economic, and diplomatic methods—the growth of a hostile country's territory and to limit the country's ideological influence.


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THE TRUMAN DOCTRINE
- the Truman Doctrine laid the plan for the Marshall Plan.
- Made by president Truman in the early days of the cold war
- Led to the wars in Vietnam and Korea
- Formed America's cold war policy
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The US will give countries that are having to become communist money.
THE MARSHALL PLAN
-It was the European recovery plan
- created by George Marshall

- US has great responsibility
- US sends countries money that are under communism
- US gets in even more dept
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THE BERLIN BLOCKADE AND AIRLIFT
- The airlift was a huge transfer of supplies flown to Berlin, Germany from U.S. and Britain

- U.S. defeated UN in their blockade
- Many countries became "Soviet Satellites"
- Communism in East Europe
- Soviets try to blockade Berlin
- Some planes are shot down so it builds tension
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NATO AND THE WARSAW PACT
- UN abused their powers of the pact.
- 1955
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THE RED SCARE, THE ROSENBERGS, AND HUAC
- the red scare was a widespread fear of communism in the U.S.
- The Rosenberg trial was a trial that convicted 2 people for conspiracy to commit espionage.

COMMUNISM IN CHINA
- While U.S. is checking on Europe China becomes communism
- China thought it was a threat to them if UN invaded North Korea
- UN invaded North Korea anyways so China sent waves of soldiers and drove the UN back to South Korea.
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THE KOREAN WAR

No need to take notes - you will have a different assignment and activity

MCCARTHYISM
- McCarthy is from Wisconsin!
- McCarthy said 205 state department officials were communists.
- A lot of people believed him and there was a lot of hysteria
- Reckless charges against innocent citizens

- It's pointing fingers

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THE SPACE RACE
- UN and US were competing in space technology
- U.S. had first man on the moon and first man to orbit the world.
- UN had first man in space and first satellite.